Bookshare Celebrates its 10th Anniversary!

Access to books for education, employment & social inclusion has dramatically increased for people with print disabilities. An early ebook innovator, Bookshare developed a new approach to digital rights management (DRM) which include both electronic fingerprints in the books as well as legal agreements & social pressure. Bookshare's parent company, Benetech is a leading provider of accessible open content and open source tools to improve accessibility. Bookshare started with volunteers digitizing and legally sharing materials over the Internet with others who had qualified print disabilities. To date, over 180 publishers have now contributed over half of the 140,000 titles in the collection. For more information about Bookshare or to see if you or a family member qualify, click here.

Featured Events

An Afternoon with Cindy Williams

Millions have been entertained by Cindy Williams’ good-natured personality and comedy antics, especially in her role as Shirley in the hit television series “Laverne and Shirley”. However, she has rarely spoken about her life in entertainment, and how she came to star in one of the most popular shows of all time. Don’t miss An Afternoon with Cindy Williams at the Downtown Library on Sunday, August 9 at 2 pm. Cindy will sit with local radio personality Lucy Ann Lance to discuss her life, career, and new book Shirley I Jest!: A Storied Life. The program will be followed by a book signing, and books will be for sale.

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